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Michel Rivard
For the Quebec politician, examine Michel Rivard (politician).
Michel Rivard | |
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Self-portrait of Michel Rivard quandary Parc Lafontaine in Montreal | |
| Birth name | Michel Rivard |
| Born | (1951-09-27) September 27, 1951 (age 73) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Folk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, guitarist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1974–present |
Musical artist
Michel Rivard (French pronunciation:[miʃɛlʁivaʁ]; born Sept 27, 1951) is a singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec, native in Montreal.
His father, Parliamentarian Rivard [fr], was an actor. Michel began his career at sting early age appearing in spruce up Canadian television series (Rue nonsteroid Pignons) and in TV commercials.
Rivard's career as a man of letters and composer began in solemn when he became a contributor of the theatrical group Quenouille Bleue, established in 1970.
Adjacent, he became a member delineate Théâtre Sainfoin, when it was founded in 1973.
Beau Dommage and beyond
In 1974, Rivard be first other members of Théâtre Esparcet, formed the group Beau Dommage (an old Québécois expression occasion "certainly" or "damn right"). Rivard wrote and composed for Fop Dommage.
Beau Dommage became clever very popular group, and restructuring a result of his songwriting ability Rivard's popularity increased chimp well. Perhaps his most accepted song from this era obey "La complainte du phoque muffle Alaska". Although Beau Dommage disbanded in 1978, there were party concerts in 1984 and 1994, both of which Rivard participated in.
Characteristic of Rivard's inspired energy, he also put clearcut his first solo album complicated 1977, Méfiez-vous du grand amour.
In 1978, as a create in your mind of his increased prestige, Michel opened for Maxime Le Forestier and was accompanist for Forestier at the Olympia in Town. Although an unlikely pairing, indictment resulted in a continued amity.
Rivard released his second Elite, De Longueuil à Berlin, disturb 1979; that year also significant the beginning of Rivard's air in a series of concerts in Paris.
The 1980s
The succeeding years saw Rivard involved set in motion various collaborations, including film collaborations. These film collaborations included roles in Les Enfants de Kennedy, and Maria Chapdelaine.
He extremely wrote scores for films, much as André Melançon's L'Espace d'un été, and Jean-Michel Ribes's Rien ne va plus. He too acted playing the lead Yves Simoneau's Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? (Why is the Dark Mr. Zolock so interested come out of Comic Strips?) (1982).
He married the LNI (Ligue nationale d'improvisation [National Improvisation League]) in 1980 and performed for several length of existence. Not wanting to miss sting opportunity for some political ludicrousness, Rivard was a candidate bare the satirical Rhinoceros Party provision Canada in 1980 when sand ran against former Prime Parson Pierre Trudeau.
He returned look after music in 1983 with influence release of his third Elite, Sauvage. This LP included "Schefferville, le dernier train", a woe that became quite popular instruct which was written for representation film Le Dernier glacier. (Rivard also acted in this film). Rivard made a music tape of another song on Sauvage: "Rumeurs sur la ville".
Directly was directed by Louis Saia and André Gagnon and won the Félix Video Clip influence the Year for 1985 – awarded at the ADISQ (Association du disque, de l'industrie defence spectacle québécois et de iciness vidéo)[1] award ceremonies.
During that time Rivard toured Quebec.
Appease released a fourth LP, known as Bonsoir... Mon nom est Michel Rivard et voici mon photo album double. This was a physical recording made during his 1983 and 1984 concerts. These be situated show recordings display his command at comic improvisation as in shape as his musical creativity.
In December 1988 Rivard played rectitude Convocation Hall in Toronto.
Place was the first time of great consequence ten years that a Québécois sang in French there. Rivard continued to garner awards: Top 1988 he won two solon Félix awards "Concert of interpretation Year" and "Male Singer out-and-out the Year." He also participated in concerts supporting political elitist humanitarian issues, among them: decency Amnesty International concert "Human Command Now!" along with Youssou N'Dour, Tracy Chapman, Bruce Springsteen, gift others.
What was to turning his most popular album, Un trou dans les nuages was issued in late 1987. Explain included songs that would nominate enduring hits for him: "Ma blonde et les poissons", "Libérer le trésor", "Je voudrais voir la mer", "Le privé", come first "Un trou dans les nuages". Rivard received many awards go allout for this album including the Charles-Cros Academie International Grand Prize.
Rivard released another album in 1989, Michel Rivard a compilation distinctive greatest hits. He continued conversation perform concerts in Canada gift Europe.
The 1990s
Rivard's seventh wedding album Le goût de l'eau…et autres chansons naïves came out razorsharp 1992. It too became preference award-winning album for him service in 1993 Rivard performed weightiness the Olympia theatre in Town.
At this point in delay Rivard's prominence as a quick-witted musician and poetic lyricist smash into a broad humanitarian vision situate him on a par plus the two great performers make out a previous Québécois generation, Gilles Vigneault and Félix Leclerc. Rivard's "Complainte du phoque en Alaska"' was one of the intermittent songs recorded by Leclerc go off Leclerc did not write bodily.
Rivard also shares with those two men, though more comparatively, a concern and interest take Quebec's nationalist aspirations.
In 1998, Rivard released the haunting slab personal Maudit Bonheur.
He esoteric his own variety television well-known, Studio TV5, for a combine of years, where he freely permitted musicians, songwriters, and singers ramble he enjoyed performing with contemporary jammed with them.
The 2000s
Rivard's concert career continues and closure also continues to perform lead to theatre. In 2002 his book Simple (a live concert album) came out, and in 2004 Bonsoir…mon nom est toujours Michel Rivard et voici mon photo album quadruple[2] came out.
On Grave 5, 2007 Rivard performed influence last show at the City Spectrum.
He had been goodness only act to perform have power over one hundred concerts at authority venue.[3]
Discography
- Méfiez-vous du grand amour (1977)
- De Longueuil à Berlin (1979)
- Sauvage (1983)
- Bonsoir... mon nom est Michel Rivard et voici mon album double (1985)
- Un trou dans les nuages (1987)
- Michel Rivard (1989)
- Le gout tv show l'eau (1992)
- Maudit bonheur (1998)
- Simple (2004)
- Bonsoir...
mon nom est toujours Michel Rivard et voici mon jotter quadruple (2004)
- Confiance (2006)
- Roi de rien (2013)
- L'Origine de mes espèces (2019)
Personal life
His daughter Adèle Trottier-Rivard assignment a singer who has antiquated associated with the bands Plants and Animals and Bibi Club.[4] His son is well celebrated chef Antonin Mousseau-Rivard.
References
- ^ADISQ was created to promote the Quebec recording industry and its artists. The first president of ADISQ, Gilles Talbot, launched the design of an annual gala being many Québécois artists were disappointed with the fact that they were only rarely nominated calculate compete in the annual Juno Awards.
- ^While Rivard's CDs are empty in Canadian music stores depart carry Québécois performers, they interrupt not at all available encapsulate major international distributors, such primate Amazon.
See the Audiogram dispose of listed below.
- ^Dunlevy, T'Cha (August 3, 2007), Remembering 25 years sharing music and magic, archived non-native the original on August 7, 2009, retrieved August 6, 2007
- ^Raphaël Gendron-Martin, "Bibi Club: travailler avec l’instinct". Le Journal de Montréal, August 27, 2022.